TrackCONGRATULATIONS TO THE THUNDERBIRD TRACK TEAM FOR ITS FINE PERFORMANCE AT THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP MEET. ARVID (QUAID) VEIDMARK HAD AN OUTSTANDING STATE MEET WINNING THE DISCUS, PLACING 2ND IN THE SHOT PUT AND 5TH IN THE HIGH HURDLES AND 6th IN THE JAVELIN. QUAID’S PERFORMANCE WAS ONE OF THE FINEST IN SCHOOL HISTORY! OTHER OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES WERE REGISTERED BY PEYTON SOLHEIM WHO PLACED 6TH IN THE MILE, 7TH IN THE 2 MILE AND 5TH IN THE 4 X 800 RELAY WITH KAITLYN CHAPMAN, MEGAN HURLEY, AND ELLIE ST. CLAIR, JULIA MITCHELL PLACED 8TH IN THE 100, ANDY WITTENWYLER WAS 5TH IN THE SHOT PUT, ISAIAH POST WAS 6TH IN THE 400, CHRISTIAN ALFONSO CABALLERO WAS 6TH IN THE 300 METER HURDLES, AND THE 4 X 400 RELAY OF JOEL GOULBOURNE, TOMMY TRAN, CHRISTIAN ALFONSO CABALLERO AND ISAIAH POST PLACED 6TH. THE BOYS FINISHED IN 6TH PLACE OVERALL. GREAT JOB, CHIEFS!

TennisThe Varsity Girls tennis team went 13-1 this season, beating a top competitor in Seton Catholic. The girls earned many accolades as well. They competed against Division 1 schools in the Paseo Tournament early in the season and earned 1st as a team. Deondra Bacchus won the gold singles bracket and Quinne Talbot won the silver singles bracket. The team also earned title of Section Champions by beating every other team in Section 1. This makes them back-to-back Section Champs. The team ended the season ranked 3rd in Division 2 and hosted the first two rounds of the state tournament. The first round, they beat Coconino swiftly. In the quarterfinals, the girls fell to Nogales 1-5 after a long battle. The girls tennis team has not advanced to the quarterfinals of team state in many years. In individual state, Deondra Bacchus was seeded #6 and battled her way into the quarterfinals, but lost after a 3-hour match with rival Seton Catholic. Also, Coach Price earned Section Coach of the year for the second year in a row.

Baseball

The Thunderbird Chiefs baseball team went 19-12 on the season and finished 1-2 in the State Playoffs. We won the Skyline Region, had the Skyline Region Player of the Year in Haydn McGeary and Coach Jacobs won Skyline Region Coach of the Year honors as well. Sasha Sneider was named to the 1st team as a Pitcher, Jake Rohrer 2nd team as a Catcher and D'Angelo Bacchus to the 2nd team as a Pitcher. Jonathan Buhl was an Honorable Mention as well as Freshmen Diego Ponce.